function touchHandler(event)
{
 var touches = event.changedTouches,
    first = touches[0],
    type = "";

     switch(event.type)
{
    case "touchstart": type = "mousedown"; break;
    case "touchmove":  type="mousemove"; break;        
    case "touchend":   type="mouseup"; break;
    default: return;
}
var simulatedEvent = document.createEvent("MouseEvent");
simulatedEvent.initMouseEvent(type, true, true, window, 1,
                          first.screenX, first.screenY,
                          first.clientX, first.clientY, false,
                          false, false, false, 0/*left*/, null);

first.target.dispatchEvent(simulatedEvent);
event.preventDefault();
}

function init()
{
   document.addEventListener("touchstart", touchHandler, true);
   document.addEventListener("touchmove", touchHandler, true);
   document.addEventListener("touchend", touchHandler, true);
   document.addEventListener("touchcancel", touchHandler, true);    
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5186441/javascript-drag-and-drop-for-touch-devices

Add the init() function to your document.ready call. This allows touch events to be handled like click events.

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